A Guide to Mexican Art
A Guide to Mexican Art

Author: Justino Fernández

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1969-08-15

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780226244211

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A Guide to Mexican Art, a survey of more than twenty centuries of art, has a double purpose. It provides an ample version of one of the great national arts by a leading art historian, and it serves simultaneously as a practical guide to the art's outstanding masterpieces. The Guide will thus be of value to specialists and students of Latin American art and to sightseers as an introduction and guide to the art and architecture of Mexico. To facilitate its use for the latter purpose, Professor Fernández has based his exposition on the sensitive analysis of works to be found almost exclusive in museums and public buildings accessible to the tourist. The book was originally published in Spanish in 1958 and revised in 1961. This English translation, from the second edition has been brought up to date by the author and translator.

A Companion to Mexican Studies
A Companion to Mexican Studies

Author: Peter Standish

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781855661349

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This most recent of the Tamesis Companion series traces the evolution of the major creative aspects of Mexican culture from pre-Columbian times to the present. Dealing in turn with the cultures of Mesoamerica, the colonial period, the onset of independence and the modern era, the author explores Aztec arts, the role of the performing arts in the process of evangelisation, manifestations of cultural dependence, of the search for national identity, and the struggle for modernity, drawing examples from such diverse activities as architecture, painting, music, dance, literature, film and media. There is also a brief account of the distinctive characteristics of Mexican Spanish. Maps, a chronology, a bibliographical essay and a lengthy bibliography round off this comprehensive guide, making it an indispensable research tool for those seriously interested in Mexican culture. Peter Standish is Professor of Spanish at East Carolina University, a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina.

The Modern Mexican Essay
The Modern Mexican Essay

Author: José Luis Martínez

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13:

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An anthology of essays dating from the 1890s and presenting a Mexican national outlook.

Homenaje a Diego Rivera
Homenaje a Diego Rivera

Author: Diego Rivera

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13:

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The exhibition catalog of portrait paintings by Diego Rivera is an important addition to the understanding of this great 20th century master. The museum holds the world's largest collection of his easel paintings. Offered here is a large collection of works that belong to private and museum collections of portraits of those who were most important to Rivera in one way or another: some of them patrons of the arts, models or simply people who had won his admiration. The emphasis is on those works from his formative years, his time at the San Carlos Academy, his friends produced during his stay in Europe that encompass styles ranging from figurative art through symbolism, neo-impressionism and cubism.